Disintegrator



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(No Model.)

R. N. ROSS. DISINTBGBATUR.

No. 448,838. Patented Deo. 30, 1890.

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ROBERT N. ROSS, OF ST. LOUIS, MlSSOURI.

DISINTEGRATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,838, dated December 30, 1890.

' Application tiled March 21, 1890.. Serial No. 344,788. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT N. Ross, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Disintegrators, of which the followy ing is a full, clear, and exact description, refcrence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for disintegrating or pulverizing ores, clay, and the like, and my invention consists in features of novelty, hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is a top or plan view illustrative of my invention. Fig. II is a vertical section through the cages of the machine, this section being taken on line II II, Fig. III. Fig. III is a horizontal section, taken on line III III, Fig. Il. Fig. IV represents two detail views illustrating the manner of connecting the rounds to the rings of a cage.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a suitable frame-work, provided with boxes 2, in which is journaled a continuous shaft 3, provided with driving or operating pulleys 4.

5 represents a cylinder through which the shaft 3 passes and which comprises a number of movable cages and a number of flXed cages, each cage being composed of rings through which connecting-rounds pass. One head 6 of the cylinder is provided with a hub 7, through which the shaft 3 passes and which is rigidly secured. to the shaft, so as to be turned thereby. The other head 8 of the cylinder is rigidly connected to the frame of the machine, preferably by means of bolts 9. (See Fig. III.)

10 represents anouter annular series of rounds secured to and carried by the head 6; 1l, an annular intermediate series of rounds secured to and carried by the head 6; and 12, an inner annular series of rounds secured to and carried by the head 6.

13 represents an annular series of rounds secured to and held by the head 8 and located between the movable series 10 and 11, and 14 represents an annular series of rounds secured to and held by the head 8 and located between the series 11 and 12 of the movable rounds.

15 represents three rings fitted respectively on the outer ends of the rounds 10, 1l, and 12, and which are carried thereby.

1S represents three rings fitted respectively on the series 10, 11, and 12 of the rounds near the centers of the latter; and 19 represents three series of annular rings fitted respectively on the inner ends of the rounds 10, 11, and 12, close up against the head G.

2O represents two rings fitted respectively on the outer ends of the rounds 13 and 14:.

21 represents two rings tted respectively on the rounds 13 and 14E near their centers, and 22 represents two annular rings fitted respectively on the inner ends of the rounds 13 and 14 at their inner ends close up against the head 8. The function and office of these rings 15, 18, 19, 20, 2l, and 22 are to steady and support the rounds, making them rigid and firm, so as not to give or move in their supports when the machine is in use, the central rounds serving also to separate the material. The center of the cylinder formed of these cages composed of the rings and rounds is left open, as shown at 23, and the stuff or material to be disintegrated is fed or discharged into the open center of the cylinder, and works its way outwardly through the different cages to the periphery of the cylinder, where it is discharged. By making the inner cage a revolving one, the stuff is forced to feed outwardly from the cent-er of the cylin-A der, and by making the outer cage movable the cylinder is self-delivering.

,I have shown and described an intermediate movable cage; but this might be dispensed with, it only being essential to have one or more stationary cages and two or more movable cages, the inner and outer cages being movable, so that the stuff will be fed into and discharged from the cylinder. By an arrangement of this kind the supporting and operating shaft 3 can be extended through the cylinder and have a firm support on each' side of the cylinder, thus preventing the lagging or displacement of the movable cages relatively to the fixed cages, and consequently avoiding any friction which would result from the movable cages being thrown out of line with the fixed cages, and which would result from a bearing of the shaft on one side only of the cylinder.

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I am aware that disintegrators consisting which the shaft; passes, said cylinder being lof stationary and movable cages of similar composed of fixed and movable cages, and Construction to those herein described are Said Cages consisting of series ol' rounds with Well known; but this is not the same as my end and central securing-rings, which also 5 invention, which consists in the specific arserve to prevent lateral shifting of the nmte- 15 rangement which renders the machine selfrial, substantially as set forth.

feeding and self-delivering. ROBERT N. ROSS.

I Claim as my iuvention In presence of- In :L disintegration the combination of a E. S. KNIGHT,

1o suitable frame, a shaft, and a cylinderthrough THOMAS KNIGHT. 

